Today. The Bayou and River Parishes Rugby Association is looking for male players 14-18 years old who want to learn and play rugby, now an Olympic sport. For information, call 985-227-5318, 504-236-4315, 504-913-7960 or 985-991-1094.

Tuesday-April 26. The Fourth Annual Fakier Open, benefiting Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at Terrebonne Genral Medical Center, will be held on April 22-26 at Ellendale Country Club in Houma. The Fakier Open, presented by Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at Terrebonne Genral Medical Center and Fakier Jewelers, is a professional golf tournament with the Adams Pro Tour. Proceeds from the tournament benefit Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at TGMC and help provide free cancer screenings throughout the area for breast, prostate, skin, oral and colorectal cancers. The Taste of the Tournament Par-Tee and Auction will be held at 6:30 p.m. April 25. The event is free and will feature food, music and a large silent auction selection. Tickets are available online at marybird.org/fakier or call 225-215-1208. The pro-am, a four-man scramble, will be held April 22, and each team is comprised of three amateur golfers and a professional from the Adams Golf Pro Tour Series. The four-round tournament will begin on April 23 and end on April 26. A free junior clinic for kids ages 6-16 is scheduled for April 25 in association with Adams Pro Tour professionals, weather permitting. Sponsorship and team opportunities are still available. For information on any of these events, please contact Randy Haddad at 225-215-1208 or visit www.marybird.org/fakier.

Thursday. The Bayou CCA Louisiana Chapter will hold its annual banquet Thursday night at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center. It is sponsored by Plains Marketing, Express Supply & Steel, Academy Sports + Outdoors and Whitney Bank. The celebration begin with a cash bar and silent auction at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will follow at 7 p.m. and the live auction begins 8 p.m. Tickets are $60 per person, which includes a one-year membership into the CCA, admission and dinner. Tables of eight are $480 per table. The evening will also feature a live auction for hunting and fishing trips in Louisiana as well as around the world. Anglers are encouraged to bring their families. Special priced spouse/associate tickets are available for $30 and youth tickets (17-and0-under) are $25. The Bayou CCA Chapter will also raffle a 2014 Kubota 4x4 RTV at p.m. Raffle tickets are available online and will be sold the night of the banquet. For information, call CCA assistant director Julie Grunewald at 225-952-9200.

April 25-26. Thibodaux High School is hosting its annual alumni softball tournament at Hero’s Park in Thibodaux on April 25-26. All Thibodaux High alumni are invited to participate. Food and drinks will be sold. The softball tournament will consist of teams from each year’s graduating classes. For information, contact Thibodaux athletic director Tony Clark at 447-4071 or aclark@lafourche.k12.la.us.

May 1. LSU’s annual Tiger Tour will be returning to Houma on May 1 with a stop at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center. Scheduled to appear at the Houma stop are athletics director Joe Alleva, head football coach Les Miles, head basketball coach Johnny Jones and head gymnastics coach D-D Breaux. The 2014 LSU Tiger Tour is presented by BancorpSouth, L’auberge Baton Rouge, CST, 1045ESPN.com and the LSU National L Club. Other features on this year’s tour include BancorpSouth Photo Area; the L’auberge Baton Rouge Trivia Challenge where fans can win prize packs; and the popular TAF Silent Auction. There will be LSU merchandise on sale at the events courtesy of the LSU Alumni Store. For information on this year’s Tiger Tour visit www.lsutigertour.com, the Tiger Athletic Foundation website at www.lsutaf.org and at the official website of LSU Athletics, www.LSUsports.net.

May 3. The South Louisiana Youth Shooting Sports Foundation will host its first annual “Shoot for the Kids” benefit clay shoot at Tri-Parish Sporting Clays in Houma on May 3. SLYSSF is a non-profit organization created by local shooters in 2013 for the purpose of raising money to provide funding, education and training to youth shooting sports organizations and participants in the Terrebonne/Lafourche area. Proceeds from this year’s event will go to the Terrebonne Parish Jr Deputy (TPJD) Shooting Team to help offset travel expenses for team members who qualify to compete in the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) International Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC) in Mansfield, PA. These local competitors, ages 10-19, will qualify for the International YHEC event by competing in the Louisiana State YHEC competition in June at Camp Grant Walker in Pollack. The benefit clay shoot will have two main event starting times at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. May 3. There is a four-man team main event category (100 shot main course), a four-man five stand (25 clays per shooter), a two-man frenzy (two score sheets per four man team) and long bird (five clays per shooter). The entry fee is $550 for four-man team package. 5 Stand will be on a 1st come basis starting at 8 a.m. on the day of the event. Event will happen rain or shine. Participants are responsible for providing their own shells and eye and ear protection for the event. Registration will open at 7 a.m. There are various sponsorship opportunities available. For information, contact Mel Duplantis at 226-2628 or at melvinduplantis@bellsouth.net or Derrick Chaisson at 856-4400.

May 3. A free fishing rodeo just for kids will be held at Pointe-aux-Chenes Marina on May 13. The Terrebonne Parish Sportsman’s League will host its 13th Annual Youth Rodeo, which is free for kids ages 4-15. Registration for the event begins at 7 a.m. on the day of the event, and each child registered will receive a T-shirt and hat. Food and drinks will also be served. Each child must be accompanied by an adult and children under 12 must wear an approved flotation device. Kids can fish from the bank or a boat. Those who fish from a boat must be back to the marina to weigh fish by 1 p.m. Scales close at 2 p.m. The categories for the rodeo are redfish under 27 inches, speckled trout, sheepshead, drum, catfish, crab (point to point), miscellaneous and best boys and girls all-around angler. All fish must be of legal size and trophies will be awarded for the Top 3 places. There will also be door prizes for children who are registered to participate. Donations are also being accepted. For information, contact Sportsman’s League Vice President Jason Magee at 985-688-3405.

May 9. The Haiti Mission Charity Golf Tournament and Silent Auction will be held on May 9 at LaTour Golf Club in Mathews. Flight times are 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. For information, call Don at 209-3228.

May 10. The Terrebonne Foundation for Academic Excellence’s Run for Excellence and Food Festival is scheduled for May 10 in downtown Houma. The event is sponsored by Terrebonne General Medical Center’s Sports Institute and presented by The Courier. Pre-registration for the race will be held until May 8 and is $20 for students (5-20 years old) and $30 for adults. Registration on the day of the race is $20 for students and $35 for adults. Registration includes a race T-shirt and entrance into the festival. The Thibodaux-based band Souled Out will perform at the festival, and Shelley Brown, FOX 8 morning anchor, will serve as honorary chairwoman. To register for the Oil States Skagit SMATCO Kid’s Fun Run or the Run for Excellence, visit www.tfae.org and follow the link to ACTIVE.com. The TGMC Community Sports Institute’s training guide is available on the TFAE website to help you prepare for the race. After the race, festival gates will open at 6:30 p.m. The pay-one-price entrance fee provides you with tastings of food prepared by area chefs and restaurateurs in the Buquet Distributing Co. Food Court.

May 22. The Nicholls State University athletics department will host the 14th Annual Seafood Extravaganza at 6 p.m. May 22 in the Cotillion Ballroom of the Bollinger Memorial Student Union. This event is once again being sponsored by Rouses Markets, with all proceeds benefiting scholarships for Nicholls student-athletes. Single tickets are available for purchase for $100, which covers admission to the event and food. With only a limited amount of table packages on sale, these tables include reserved seating, recognition in the event program, signage and much more. Donations to the Colonel Athletics Association will also be accepted for those unable to attend the event but still looking to participate. Patrons are asked to RSVP for the event no later than May 17, with the attire for the Seafood Extravaganza set for Business Casual. For information or becoming a member of the Colonel Athletics Association, call 493-2517.

June-July. Next Level Baseball of Houma has summer camps set for June and July for players 8-18. The four-week camps consist of training in speed, strength, agility, hitting, throwing, injury prevention and proper baseball techniques. The camps will take place at a local field and at Southland Sports Academy at 201 N. Hollywood Road in Houma. For information, call 985-226-4487 or email southlandsportsacademy@yahoo.com or visit www.southlandsportsacademy.com.

June 2-26. H.L. Bourgeois’ boys and girls’ basketball programs will host two summer camps. The first camp will be held on June 2-5, and the second on June 23-26. The camps will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day, and it is open for boys and girls ages 7-13. The boys and girls coaching staffs will instruct the campers with the aid of several high school basketball players. Registration is $50. Each camper will receive a T-shirt, and all proceeds will benefit the H.L. Bourgeois basketball program. Send registration forms to H.L. Bourgeois boys basketball coach Andrew Caillouet at 1 Reservation Court, Gray, LA 70359. For more information, contact the school at 872-3277.

<p>­HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL</p><p>Today. Ellender at Franklin, 11 a.m.</p><p>Today. South Lafourche at Destrehan, 1 p.m.</p><p>Today. Central Lafourche at Terrebonne, 1:30 p.m.</p><p>Today. Assumption at Vandebilt Catholic, 3 p.m.</p><p>Today. H.L. Bourgeois at Hahnville, 3:30 p.m.</p><p>Today. East St. John at Thibodaux.</p><p>HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS</p><p>Today. Class 4A first round, No. 28 Lakeshore at No. 5 Ellender, 2 p.m.</p><p>COLLEGE BASEBALL</p><p>Today. Tulane at Charlotte, 11 a.m.</p><p>Today. Nicholls at Incarnate Word, 1 p.m. (Radio:640-AM)</p><p>Today. LSU at Ole Miss, 1 p.m. (Radio: 98.1-FM)</p><p>COLLEGE SOFTBALL</p><p>Today. Nicholls at McNeese State (DH), 1 p.m.</p><p>Today. LSU at South Carolina, 3 p.m. (TV: ESPNU)</p><p>Sunday. LSU at South Carolina, Noon</p><p>WOMEN'S COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD</p><p>Today. Nicholls at LSU Alumni Gold in Baton Rouge.</p><p>WOMEN'S COLLEGE TENNIS</p><p>Today. Nicholls at Southeastern Louisiana, Noon</p><p>MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL</p><p>Today. Colorado Springs Sky Sox at New Orleans Zephyrs, 6 p.m.</p><p>Sunday. Colorado Springs Sky Sox at New Orleans, 7 p.m.</p><p>UPCOMING AREA EVENTS</p><p>Today. The Bayou and River Parishes Rugby Association is looking for male players 14-18 years old who want to learn and play rugby, now an Olympic sport. For information, call 985-227-5318, 504-236-4315, 504-913-7960 or 985-991-1094.</p><p>Tuesday-April 26. The Fourth Annual Fakier Open, benefiting Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at Terrebonne Genral Medical Center, will be held on April 22-26 at Ellendale Country Club in Houma. The Fakier Open, presented by Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at Terrebonne Genral Medical Center and Fakier Jewelers, is a professional golf tournament with the Adams Pro Tour. Proceeds from the tournament benefit Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center at TGMC and help provide free cancer screenings throughout the area for breast, prostate, skin, oral and colorectal cancers. The Taste of the Tournament Par-Tee and Auction will be held at 6:30 p.m. April 25. The event is free and will feature food, music and a large silent auction selection. Tickets are available online at marybird.org/fakier or call 225-215-1208. The pro-am, a four-man scramble, will be held April 22, and each team is comprised of three amateur golfers and a professional from the Adams Golf Pro Tour Series. The four-round tournament will begin on April 23 and end on April 26. A free junior clinic for kids ages 6-16 is scheduled for April 25 in association with Adams Pro Tour professionals, weather permitting. Sponsorship and team opportunities are still available. For information on any of these events, please contact Randy Haddad at 225-215-1208 or visit www.marybird.org/fakier. </p><p>Thursday. The Bayou CCA Louisiana Chapter will hold its annual banquet Thursday night at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center. It is sponsored by Plains Marketing, Express Supply & Steel, Academy Sports + Outdoors and Whitney Bank. The celebration begin with a cash bar and silent auction at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will follow at 7 p.m. and the live auction begins 8 p.m. Tickets are $60 per person, which includes a one-year membership into the CCA, admission and dinner. Tables of eight are $480 per table. The evening will also feature a live auction for hunting and fishing trips in Louisiana as well as around the world. Anglers are encouraged to bring their families. Special priced spouse/associate tickets are available for $30 and youth tickets (17-and0-under) are $25. The Bayou CCA Chapter will also raffle a 2014 Kubota 4x4 RTV at p.m. Raffle tickets are available online and will be sold the night of the banquet. For information, call CCA assistant director Julie Grunewald at 225-952-9200.</p><p>April 25-26. Thibodaux High School is hosting its annual alumni softball tournament at Hero's Park in Thibodaux on April 25-26. All Thibodaux High alumni are invited to participate. Food and drinks will be sold. The softball tournament will consist of teams from each year's graduating classes. For information, contact Thibodaux athletic director Tony Clark at 447-4071 or aclark@lafourche.k12.la.us. </p><p>May 1. LSU's annual Tiger Tour will be returning to Houma on May 1 with a stop at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center. Scheduled to appear at the Houma stop are athletics director Joe Alleva, head football coach Les Miles, head basketball coach Johnny Jones and head gymnastics coach D-D Breaux. The 2014 LSU Tiger Tour is presented by BancorpSouth, L'auberge Baton Rouge, CST, 1045ESPN.com and the LSU National L Club. Other features on this year's tour include BancorpSouth Photo Area; the L'auberge Baton Rouge Trivia Challenge where fans can win prize packs; and the popular TAF Silent Auction. There will be LSU merchandise on sale at the events courtesy of the LSU Alumni Store. For information on this year's Tiger Tour visit www.lsutigertour.com, the Tiger Athletic Foundation website at www.lsutaf.org and at the official website of LSU Athletics, www.LSUsports.net.</p><p>May 3. The South Louisiana Youth Shooting Sports Foundation will host its first annual “Shoot for the Kids” benefit clay shoot at Tri-Parish Sporting Clays in Houma on May 3. SLYSSF is a non-profit organization created by local shooters in 2013 for the purpose of raising money to provide funding, education and training to youth shooting sports organizations and participants in the Terrebonne/Lafourche area. Proceeds from this year's event will go to the Terrebonne Parish Jr Deputy (TPJD) Shooting Team to help offset travel expenses for team members who qualify to compete in the National Rifle Association's (NRA) International Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC) in Mansfield, PA. These local competitors, ages 10-19, will qualify for the International YHEC event by competing in the Louisiana State YHEC competition in June at Camp Grant Walker in Pollack. The benefit clay shoot will have two main event starting times at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. May 3. There is a four-man team main event category (100 shot main course), a four-man five stand (25 clays per shooter), a two-man frenzy (two score sheets per four man team) and long bird (five clays per shooter). The entry fee is $550 for four-man team package. 5 Stand will be on a 1st come basis starting at 8 a.m. on the day of the event. Event will happen rain or shine. Participants are responsible for providing their own shells and eye and ear protection for the event. Registration will open at 7 a.m. There are various sponsorship opportunities available. For information, contact Mel Duplantis at 226-2628 or at melvinduplantis@bellsouth.net or Derrick Chaisson at 856-4400.</p><p>May 3. A free fishing rodeo just for kids will be held at Pointe-aux-Chenes Marina on May 13. The Terrebonne Parish Sportsman's League will host its 13th Annual Youth Rodeo, which is free for kids ages 4-15. Registration for the event begins at 7 a.m. on the day of the event, and each child registered will receive a T-shirt and hat. Food and drinks will also be served. Each child must be accompanied by an adult and children under 12 must wear an approved flotation device. Kids can fish from the bank or a boat. Those who fish from a boat must be back to the marina to weigh fish by 1 p.m. Scales close at 2 p.m. The categories for the rodeo are redfish under 27 inches, speckled trout, sheepshead, drum, catfish, crab (point to point), miscellaneous and best boys and girls all-around angler. All fish must be of legal size and trophies will be awarded for the Top 3 places. There will also be door prizes for children who are registered to participate. Donations are also being accepted. For information, contact Sportsman's League Vice President Jason Magee at 985-688-3405.</p><p>May 9. The Haiti Mission Charity Golf Tournament and Silent Auction will be held on May 9 at LaTour Golf Club in Mathews. Flight times are 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. For information, call Don at 209-3228.</p><p>May 10. The Terrebonne Foundation for Academic Excellence's Run for Excellence and Food Festival is scheduled for May 10 in downtown Houma. The event is sponsored by Terrebonne General Medical Center's Sports Institute and presented by The Courier. Pre-registration for the race will be held until May 8 and is $20 for students (5-20 years old) and $30 for adults. Registration on the day of the race is $20 for students and $35 for adults. Registration includes a race T-shirt and entrance into the festival. The Thibodaux-based band Souled Out will perform at the festival, and Shelley Brown, FOX 8 morning anchor, will serve as honorary chairwoman. To register for the Oil States Skagit SMATCO Kid's Fun Run or the Run for Excellence, visit www.tfae.org and follow the link to ACTIVE.com. The TGMC Community Sports Institute's training guide is available on the TFAE website to help you prepare for the race. After the race, festival gates will open at 6:30 p.m. The pay-one-price entrance fee provides you with tastings of food prepared by area chefs and restaurateurs in the Buquet Distributing Co. Food Court.</p><p>May 22. The Nicholls State University athletics department will host the 14th Annual Seafood Extravaganza at 6 p.m. May 22 in the Cotillion Ballroom of the Bollinger Memorial Student Union. This event is once again being sponsored by Rouses Markets, with all proceeds benefiting scholarships for Nicholls student-athletes. Single tickets are available for purchase for $100, which covers admission to the event and food. With only a limited amount of table packages on sale, these tables include reserved seating, recognition in the event program, signage and much more. Donations to the Colonel Athletics Association will also be accepted for those unable to attend the event but still looking to participate. Patrons are asked to RSVP for the event no later than May 17, with the attire for the Seafood Extravaganza set for Business Casual. For information or becoming a member of the Colonel Athletics Association, call 493-2517.</p><p>June-July. Next Level Baseball of Houma has summer camps set for June and July for players 8-18. The four-week camps consist of training in speed, strength, agility, hitting, throwing, injury prevention and proper baseball techniques. The camps will take place at a local field and at Southland Sports Academy at 201 N. Hollywood Road in Houma. For information, call 985-226-4487 or email southlandsportsacademy@yahoo.com or visit www.southlandsportsacademy.com.</p><p>June 2-26. H.L. Bourgeois' boys and girls' basketball programs will host two summer camps. The first camp will be held on June 2-5, and the second on June 23-26. The camps will run from 9 a.m. to noon each day, and it is open for boys and girls ages 7-13. The boys and girls coaching staffs will instruct the campers with the aid of several high school basketball players. Registration is $50. Each camper will receive a T-shirt, and all proceeds will benefit the H.L. Bourgeois basketball program. Send registration forms to H.L. Bourgeois boys basketball coach Andrew Caillouet at 1 Reservation Court, Gray, LA 70359. For more information, contact the school at 872-3277.</p>